1815 - First flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill.
1876 - Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford.
1876 - Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford.
1909 - Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs.
1935 - Alex Karras, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster),
is born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2012).
1949 - Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US.
1951 - Jesse "The Body" Ventura, [James Janos],
wrestler/actor (mayor-Brooklyn Pk-MN).
1960 - Baltimore Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle.
1960 - Baltimore Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle.
1961 - 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale.
1973 - California Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0.
1980 - Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher which breaks Yogi Berra's record.
1991 - Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball
(USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit.
1995 - Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton).
1999 - The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners'
1999 - The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners'
Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.
2003 - Tex Schramm, Dallas Cowboys football
team president and general manager (b. 1920) dies.
2005 - After declining an offer to remain with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks,
Mike Babcock is named head coach of the Detroit Red Wings.
2013 - 18 people are killed and 47 are injured
2013 - 18 people are killed and 47 are injured
in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia.
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